> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.migma.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Agencies & Client Brands

> Run client work with workspaces, per-brand roles, and seats, and see who pays in each setup.

Agencies don't need a special mode. Running client work uses the same pieces as any team: a [workspace](/collaboration/workspaces) for billing and membership, [per-brand roles](/collaboration/team-access), and invites. There are two common setups, depending on who owns the brand.

<Note>
  A brand always lives in one workspace. You collaborate by inviting people into the workspace that owns the brand, not by sharing one brand across two separate accounts.
</Note>

## Agency of Record

The agency owns the work. You run a workspace, keep each client's brands inside it, and invite the client in to review.

* Your staff get **Editor** or **Manager** roles, which use a paid seat, or join as [free collaborators](/collaboration/seats#free-collaborators) without one. See [Seats](/collaboration/seats).
* Each client gets **Viewer** or **Commenter** on their own brand, so they can review and approve. Those roles use no seat.
* **Who pays:** the agency's account. Clients cost nothing to add.

Keep one workspace per client when you want their brands, members, and review kept separate. Switch between them from the workspace switcher, covered in [Workspaces](/collaboration/workspaces).

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create a workspace for the client">
    From the workspace switcher, create a new workspace named for the client.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add the client's brands">
    Build or import the client's brand inside that workspace.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Invite your team as editors">
    Invite the staff working on the account as **Editor**, or **Manager** if they should also manage members and settings.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Invite the client to review">
    Invite the client's stakeholders as **Viewer** or **Commenter** on their brand. They can follow along and approve without taking a seat.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Check>
  Only **managers** and the account owner can invite members. As the agency owner you have manager access to every brand automatically.
</Check>

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## Guest on a Client's Brand

Here the client owns the brand in their own workspace and brings the agency in to help.

* The client invites your team from the brand's **Share** panel, brand by brand. See [Team Access](/collaboration/team-access).
* Your **Editors** and **Managers** use the client's seats. **Viewers** and **Commenters** are free.
* **Who pays:** the brand owner's account. The client funds the seats for the agency members who edit.

<Tip>
  If the client only needs you to review or hand off feedback, ask for **Commenter**. It keeps you out of their seat count.
</Tip>

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## Choosing a Setup

| Setup                     | Who owns the brands | Who pays          | Best for                           |
| ------------------------- | ------------------- | ----------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| Agency of record          | The agency          | The agency        | Running client accounts end to end |
| Guest on a client's brand | The client          | The client        | Helping on a brand the client owns |
| Stakeholder review        | Either              | No one, it's free | Approvals and feedback, no editing |

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## Common Questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Can someone edit a brand without using a seat?" icon="chair">
    Yes. The workspace owner or an admin can invite an editor or manager as a **free collaborator**: full editing and live collaboration, no seat, with AI generation running on the collaborator's own plan's credits. For review only, **Viewer** or **Commenter** access stays the simplest option. See [Free collaborators](/collaboration/seats#free-collaborators).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can two companies co-own the same brand?" icon="building">
    A brand lives in one workspace. Invite the other company's people into that workspace, brand by brand, as guests. The workspace owner's account covers their seats.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does a client need a paid plan to review or comment?" icon="eye">
    No. **Viewer** and **Commenter** access is free and never uses a seat, on any plan.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

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## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Team Access" icon="users" href="/collaboration/team-access">
    The four roles and how to invite people to a brand.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Seats" icon="chair" href="/collaboration/seats">
    Which roles use a seat and who gets billed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Workspaces" icon="building" href="/collaboration/workspaces">
    The billing and membership boundary, and the switcher.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>